Exhibition: ‘Hidden Treasures of the Liège Archaeological Institute’ 175 years of the IAL celebrated at the Grand Curtius

From 26 September 2025 to 11 January 2026, the Grand Curtius will host the exhibition ‘Hidden Treasures of the Liège Archaeological Institute’.

Nearly six hundred pieces belonging to the IAL are on display in the Grand Curtius' permanent exhibition, with thousands more in storage. A sample of around 250 pieces (Egyptological and archaeological collections, sculptures, furniture, paintings, glassware, ceramics, porcelain, silverware, pewter, etc.) from these reserves will be presented, sometimes for the first time, in the exhibition organised by the Grand Curtius in autumn 2025, to mark the 175th anniversary of the IAL.

The main aim of this exhibition is to show the diversity of the collections that have been built up over time thanks to friends of Liège's past who were keen to preserve the evidence of that past.

Single admission fees granting access to the exhibition and the museum's permanent collection.